Sighting 4575921
Physarum sp. (genus)
A slime mould at Box Cutting Rainforest Walk
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| Physarum sp. (genus) | Teresa | 14 Jun 2024 |
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Physarum polychephalum is one of the most common myxos to be found in our local forests. Here you can see the 'veins' clearly, as it finds its feeding runs across the decaying wood and it consumes the fungi and the surrounding bacteria present.
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Location information
- Places Kianga, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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Species information
- Physarum sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A slime mould Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 960.4m Recorded at altitude
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